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How to create Preps 6.x JDF for :APOGEE Prepress

:APOGEE Prepress 8.0

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1. History

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2. Table of contents

1.History.................................................................................................................................................. 1

2.Table of contents .................................................................................................................................. 1

3.Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 2

4.Preps requirements ............................................................................................................................... 2

5.Configuration ........................................................................................................................................ 3

5.1.Preps configuration ............................................................................................................................ 3

5.2.:APOGEE Prepress configuration ........................................................................................................ 7

6.Job creation in Preps ............................................................................................................................. 8

6.1.Technical Terms ................................................................................................................................. 8

7.Job Creation for JDF output .................................................................................................................... 9

8.Output to JDF .......................................................................................................................................11

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3. Introduction

The :APOGEE Prepress software can handle JDF from Preps 6.x and later. This document explains how you

need to setup Preps and :APOGEE Prepress to process a correctly imposed job. It also gives a brief

introduction on the use of Preps.

4. Preps requirements

Preps on OS to Apogee

Version 6.1 Windows7 (64 bit) APOGEE Prepress 7.0

Version 6.2.1 Windows7 (64 bit) APOGEE Prepress 8.0

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5. Configuration

5.1. Preps configuration

Share or mount a location where you want to save the JDF files. Make sure that it is accessible by the

:APOGEE Prepress server.

Share or mount a location where the content files reside. Make sure that it is accessible by the :APOGEE

Prepress server.

Choose ‘Edit’, ‘Preferences’. In the ‘Folders’ tab select the location where you want to save the JDF files.



In the JDF tab, select all options below:

In the Output tab, disable ‘Output PS mark flats for PJTF/JDF’



Save this as a profile, close Preps

Browse to ….\ Program Files\Kodak\Preps6\Profiles\Custom\Custom.cfg and open this file.

In this file search for all lines starting with –CJK_... and delete them.

Save this file.

Browse to ..\Program Files\Kodak\Preps6\Printers\ppd\PressSheetSize.ppd and open this file.

In this file search for all text ‘150’ and replace with ‘100’.



Go to the end of this file and replace ‘105.0’ by ’15.0’ and ’90.0’ by ‘0.0’

Save this file.

Start Preps again

Choose ‘Resources’, ‘New Media’.

Select ‘Press Sheet Size’ as Media Type and give this Media a Nickname. Click OK.

Choose ‘PressSheetSize’ as size and click OK.



5.2. :APOGEE Prepress configuration

JDF files from Preps can be used in :Apogee Prepress in 2 ways, depending on the system license.

With :Apogee Integrate, you can set the Impose Task Processor to ‘From input’ and import the output JDF

file, which we will create in the next chapters, in the JDF Import Taskprocessor.

In this way the content files are automatically imported as well and automatically placed in the correct

runlist positions.

With :Apogee Manage (and also :Apogee Integrate), you can set the Impose Task Processor to ‘From file’

and browse to the output JDF file which we will create in the next chapters.

In this way you can’t place the content files in Preps but you need to place them manually in the correct

runlist positions in :Apogee.



6. Job creation in Preps

6.1. Technical Terms

A ‘Job’ contains all settings for a specific job. Every job is based on Pages and Signatures.

Every ‘Signature’ selected in a job is part of a ‘Template’. These templates are saved in the default Preps

‘Templates’ folder.

The ‘Marks’ that are used on the signatures are saved in the default Preps ‘Marks’ folder.

A ‘Signature’ contains a scheme that is made up with an ‘Imposition’ or with ‘Independent Pages’.



7. Job Creation for JDF output

In the main window, go to the ‘Resources’ pane, select ‘Layouts’ and browse to the ’Templates/Folding

Pattern Templates/Metric/A4 Perfect.tpl/16 page SW…’ signature.

Double click on this signature to select it in the main window.

Select ‘Media’ and double click the created media (see chapter 5.1) to select it.



Click the ‘Add’ button in the ‘Files’ section.

Browse to the content files you want to use and open them.

Select the pages that you want to use and drag them on the main window. Note that you need to release

the pages on the placeholder when it is shown in gray with a refresh icon.



In 'Job', 'Job Notes’ specify following 'Notes' and click ‘OK’.

The ‘Content' from JobId will be used as ‘Order’ in :APOGEE Prepress.

The ‘Content' from Job_Title will be used as ‘Job’ in :APOGEE Prepress.

Save the job by choosing ‘File, ‘Save’.

8. Output to JDF

Choose ‘File’, ‘Print’.

Choose ‘Send to: JDF’ and make sure the correct ‘Media’ is selected..

Click ‘Print’.

Save the ‘JDF’ on a shared or mounted location which is accessible by the :APOGEE Prepress server.

Note: Preps generates at the root a ‘JDF’ file and a ‘JDFMarksFlats’ folder. This folder contains a ‘PDF’ file

with the marks inside. The content files remain on the shared or mounted location.

Depending on the license, import these files in the JDFImport Task Processor or select the JDF file in the

Impose Task Processor.

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